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RAIL SUPPORT FOR DOOR HANGERS.

No. 394,611. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCIUS C. RICHARDS, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND THE IVILCOX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

RAIL-SUPPORT FOR DOOR-HANGERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,611, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed May 16, 1883. Serial No. 274,056. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARcIUs C. RICHARDS, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Supports for Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which IO Figure 1 is an end elevation, some parts being in section. Fig. 2 is a perspective showing one end of a rail secured in position; and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of two supportingbrackets, with portions of two sections of the track.

This invention relates to an improvement in supporting-brackets for holding the trackrails upon which the wheels or rollers of a door-hanger run, and has for its object to provide a support for such rails, preferably made of one piece of metal, which can be readily attached to the building where it is designed to be used, and which will furnish a firm support for the rail and prevent undue motion thereof when the door is being opened or closed. and any liability to sag at the joints; and its nature consists in the novel bending of the material from which the support is made, so that a flat face is formed to rest against the wall of the building to which it is attached, and a bracing portion is formed having at its lower end a socket in which the rail is placed, all as hereinafter more specifically described. That which I claim as new will be pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A represents the supporting-bracket, formed, as shown, of a single strip of metal.

The strip from which the bracket is formed is bent to form a horizontal bottom piece, at, having a turned-up end, I), an d a vertical back piece, At the point indicated by (l the strip is bent on itself to form another vertical portion, 6, which rests against the face of i the portion 0. At a point about one-half way 5 down the piece 0 the strip is again bent to form an inclined piece, f, which incline continues to a point just above and past the turned-up end I), and then the strip is bent to form a vertical piece, 1, a short horizontal piece, 71, and another vertical piece, i, the parts g, h, and 'i forming a socket, B, which receives a rail of the track.

The bracket A is attached to the wall of a building or other support by suitable screws passing through holes formed in the vertical portions 1: c.

C are track-rails of ordinary construction, which rest in the socket B, and are secured in position by bolts which pass through them and through the vertical portions g 2' and the turned-up end I), thus holding the rail firmly in place and strengthening the bracket by drawing the turned-up end I) close against the inner wall, g, of the socket.

D is a hanger provided with a wheel, as usual.

E is a section of the wall or other support to Which the supporting-bracket A is attached.

If desired, the support could be formed in two pieces, one of which would form the parts a b c. The parts a l) 0 form a brace. The upturned part b, the two parts g i of the socket, and the rail are all firmly held together by a single rivet.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

The support A, formed substantially as shown, and having a socket, B, to receive the rail, and a turned-up end, I), lying against one wall of the socket, whereby one bolt willpass through such end I) and through both walls of the socket and the rail, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

MARCIUS C. RICHARDS.

\V itnesses:

GEo. H. HALE, L. H. DAY. 

